Prawn trawler Crystal Star started taking on water in the Irish Sea on 18 March and lifeboats from Kilkeel (B class Frank William Walton) and Port St Mary (Trent class Gough Ritchie II) were launched to her aid.
Kilkeel...
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Newbiggin's Atlantic 75 CSMA 75th Anniversary was just one of many RNLI lifeboats scrambled during the Winter cold snap.
Her volunteer crew members braved horrendous conditions during an incident on some nearby cliffs...
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A kitesurfer, tangled in his lines, was drifting out to sea. He was dangerously close to jagged rocks and was about to take desperate measures
For Tom Davies from Bristol, it was the first time he’d kitesurfed on his own...
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Bembridge lifeboat, Jack Shayler and the Lees, at full speed. She is a 48ft 6in Solent class lifeboat, built in 1969. She has a steel hull and is launched down a slipway from her boathouse. The photograph was taken by David... - View image in PDF
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Minehead's new D class lifeboat, George and Christine, was named during a ceremony held outside the boathouse on 10 October 1999.
The new lifeboat, funded by George Stnbling of Axminster, replaced the previous D class... - View image in PDF
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Fishguard's new Trent class lifeboat makes her way to sea after the ceremony with the three 'Blue Peter' presenters on the foredeck. Blue Peter VII is the first all-weather lifeboat to be funded by a 'Blue Peter' appeal... - View image in PDF
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G o v e r n o r s • S h o r e l i n e • S t o r m F o r c e Positive Reactions There's an old saying: 'It only takes one spark to start a fire.' Well, the spark in this case was the Spring issue'spiece 'Moving with the...
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Knockdown A COASTER, Fendyke, in trouble off Carnoustie a few miles north of the entrance to the River Tay was reported to the honorary secretary (operations)of Broughty Ferry lifeboat station, who is also the harbour master, by HM...
GMP Motor Club meet fellow police officers who are also members of North Sunderland lifeboat crew.. - View image in PDF
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